Infectious and parasitic diseases

Diagnosis of erysipelas

Differential diagnosis in erysipelas is performed with more than 50 surgical, cutaneous, infectious and internal diseases. First of all, it is necessary to exclude abscess, phlegmon, suppuration of hematoma, thrombophlebitis (phlebitis), dermatitis, eczema, shingles, erysipeloid, anthrax, erythema nodosum

Symptoms of erysipelas

Symptoms of erysipelas in the initial period are manifested by intoxication, which occurs before local manifestations for several hours - 1-2 days. Which is especially characteristic for erysipelas localized on the lower limbs.

Epidemiology, causes and pathogenesis of erysipelas

Pathogen is a beta-hemolytic group A Streptococcus pyogenes. Beta-hemolytic streptococcus group A - facultative anaerobic, resistant to environmental factors, but sensitive to heating to 56 ° C for 30 minutes, to the effect of basic disinfectants and antibiotics.

Erys

Erysipelas is an infectious human disease caused by beta-hemolytic group A streptococcus and proceeds in an acute (primary) or chronic (recurrent) form with severe symptoms of intoxication and focal serous or serous-hemorrhagic inflammation of the skin (mucous membranes).

Scarlet fever

Scarlet fever (Latin scarlatina) is an acute anthroponous infection with an aerosol mechanism of transmission of the pathogen, which is characterized by an acute onset, fever, intoxication, tonsillitis and small-toothed rash. Scarlet fever today is not common.

Prevention of streptococcal infection

In the absence of funds for specific prevention of aerosolized diseases, with many erased and asymptomatic forms of infection, it is not so easy to reduce the incidence of streptococcal infection. Therefore, anti-epidemic measures in organized collectives are of particular importance.

Diagnosis and treatment of streptococcal infection

Clinical diagnosis of streptococcal infection is often difficult. Treatment of streptococcal infection consists in the use of benzylpenicillin preparations, to which the pathogen retains a high sensitivity.

Causes and pathogenesis of streptococcal infection

Streptococcus causative agents are immobile facultative-anaerobic gram-positive cocci of the genus Streptococcus family of Streptococcaceae. The genus includes 38 species, differing in metabolic features, cultural-biochemical properties and antigenic structure. Cell division takes place only in one plane, so they are arranged in pairs (diplococci) or form chains of different lengths.

Streptococcal infection

Streptococcal infections are a group of infectious diseases caused by streptococci of various serological groups, with airborne and alimentary transmission of the pathogen, which occur with fever, intoxication, local suppuration, and the development of post-streptococcal autoimmune (rheumatic fever, glomerulonephritis) complications.

How is anthrax treated?

Mode - bed rest before temperature normalization. Diet - table number 13, in severe cases - enteral-parenteral nutrition. Treatment of anthrax includes etiotropic and pathogenetic therapy, carried out depending on the form of the disease and available clinical and laboratory syndromes. Etiotropic therapy is presented in the treatment regimens of various forms of the disease.

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